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Gulbarga, 11th September 1890.
Speculation is rife with regard to the question of the four Government Scholarships founded ostensibly for the benefit of Hyderabadee students desirous of presenting their studies in England. I have heard that the Scholarships are meant for four Mahomedan youths, all related to one or the other of the leading officials and that the Hindu Committee and the notice of a competitive test in the Jareeda are all make-believes having for their object the providing against the hue and cry of the newspaper wallahs, and the hoodwinking of the people. And I have even been furnished with the names of these fortunate youths, by some kind people. I shall wait to see how far this hearsay is true. In the meanwhile, it might interest your readers to know, that writing to the Nawab Intesar Jung Bahadoor,-subsequent to my sending you the account of the interview-anent this affair[1] I said, "The Government might profitably consult on the matter Hindus of light and leading like Dewan Baladoor Raghunath Rao of Madras, Messrs Telaug and Ranade of Bombay, anul Dr. Rajandra Lal Mitra of Calcutta. Nothing less than a consultation of this sort will, I can assure you, satisfy the public, and divest the question of the character of a "hole and corner affair" that many are inclined to give it."
In a letter on Hyderabad affairs" from a correspondent which appeared in your issue of the 3rd instant, it was stated: "A curious order, I hear, was promulgated by the Government just before the commencement of the Moharrum. It is that during the Moharrum no music should be played in Hindu houses, not even bells should be rung." I was in Hyderabad during the Moharrum and I did not hear of any such order, or notice any thing in proof of such an order having been promulgated by the Government." However, to make things
- ↑ The examination in connection with the scholarships did come off. And the names of the successful candidates were duly announced. But none of these has been to England, though each one of them has since been getting a scholarship for studying in India why, I cannot say. But the popular impression is that not being the favorite students for whom the scholarships had been meant, these successful candidates were not given them and sent to England.
